Women's Tennis Icon Criticizes California Trans Policy

Women’s tennis great Martina Navratilova weighed in on the sudden trans athlete controversy in Gavin Newsom’s California, with the girls’ high school track and field championships coming up.

A trans athlete is set to compete in the girls’ tournament this year, after winning multiple state finals last year. California is continuing to let biological males compete in girls’ sports under Newsom’s leadership, prompting criticism from many activists.

Navratilova cheered on two gold-medal-winning women’s Olympians who spoke out against Newsom.

The tennis legend shared a Fox News Digital article of women’s Olympic gold medalists Nancy Hogshead and Kaillie Humphries addressing the track and field controversy.

"Right on Nancy!!! We are just built different!!!" Navratilova wrote in an X post sharing the article.

In a response to the post, Navratilova argued to another user that Newsom could take action to protect girls’ sports in California.

"Newsom could overturn this in a second. No excuse," Navratilova wrote.

In a later post, Navratilova re-shared news that the trans athlete, representing Jurupa Valley High School, is seeded first in the upcoming tournament.

"Cheating ... which at the moment the rules allow. Thanks for nothing [Gavin Newsom]," Navratilova wrote.

Navratilova, like Hogshead, is a vocal advocate for protecting women’s sports despite supporting Democrats on other issues.

Hogshead responded to a statement from a source within Newsom’s office on the issue that stated, "The Governor has said discussions on this issue should be guided by fairness, dignity, and respect," regarding the upcoming track meet and a planned protest against the trans athlete at the meet.

"Governor Newsom seems to exclude girls from his own standard of 'fairness, dignity and respect.' It is impossible to include a male — however they identify — into girl's sports and have a fair competition, respecting and dignifying the unique biology of females. Females aren’t weakened males; males and females are built from different molds, so different that it justifies formal, government-sanctioned sex segregation," Hogshead told Fox News Digital.